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Jub the Peculiar

Jub's eyes darted between the delirious Brutrumukk and the rest of the group. He held up his hands. "Before anyone says anything," he said. "I was the one who suggested we don't drink the alcohol. Okay?" He looked between the group again. "I said no, and he did it anyway. Thus, this is 100% not my fault."

Rime of the Frostmaiden

Anenome "Annie" Stoneskipper

Name: Anenome "Annie" Stoneskipper
Race: Hexblood
Class: Warlock (Fathomless Patron)
Background: Feylost

Personality Traits:
- "I was raised by sea hags, and as such, have a very warped view as to what is 'beautiful'."
- "I am very excited to learn new things. Perhaps even a little TOO excited."
Bonds:
- "I'm afraid my sea hag 'aunts' are still looking for me."
- "I am searching for the family my 'aunts' stole me from... my family."
Ideal:
"Honesty. You should always be open and truthful with the people you care about."
"Freedom. No one should feel like they are trapped."
Flaws:
- "I lived an incredibly sheltered life and now I'm free in the world, my lack of knowledge and street smarts make me an easy target."
- "I can be extremely petty when I feel I've been wronged."

Appearance: Annie appears as a young woman in about her early twenties, standing at about 5'10" though often appearing shorter due to her tendency to hunch over. She's pale with a bluish hue to her skin, golden eyes and long hair that appears as if it were made of sea weed. As with all hexbloods, she has ears that split in forked points and an eldercross - an irremovable living crown, hers appearing to be made of golden coral. She tends to prefer flowy clothes, often in dark, cool colours, and often topped off with a cape which often has its hood drawn when she's in unfamiliar places.

Personality: Annie's upbringing by her sea hag 'aunts' has left her with a... unique perspective world: she sees beauty and finds joy in some of the most bizarre and even dire situations. This, along with the fact that the world is so new to her, means that she wants to see and experience everything and meet everyone, and has very little restraint in doing so, filled with seemingly boundless energy and a bubbly enthusiasm for life. She can have her down moments, of course, especially if she feels wronged or offended, but these rarely last long thanks to her having a very short attention span. Any upsetting thoughts usually dissipate the moment she sees something new and exciting.

That being said, Annie does have a loneliness to her, having so few friends besides her aunts that she is willing to consider any stranger who shows her the slightest bit of kindness to her a friend. To her friends, she is something of a people-pleaser, going out of her way to make those around her happy, and she will put up with all kinds of behaviour from them... except lying, of course. She can't handle it when people she cares about lie to her.

Backstory: Annie was raised in the Feywild by her two sea hag 'aunts', Margot Minnowcatcher and Ivette Icebreaker, to replace the deceased member of their coven, Sadie Stoneskipper. Annie doesn't remember anything of her life before she was found, only that her aunts supposedly rescued her from a near-death situation and because of that, she should be grateful to them and do whatever she tells them. For the longest time, that was Anenome was happy to do so: she trained with her aunts to do the same magic that they could, and believed all the things they told her about the Feywild and the realms beyond. Sure, they weren't always the nicest to her - Isolde in particular was quick to threaten her with violence the moment she did even the slightest thing wrong - but they were the only family she had and she did, in her own way, love and admire them.

It was only when she reached adulthood that things took a turn. Annie had already become a little more rebellious, her curiosity to experience the world away from her aunts' influence causing her to often sneak away and would often draw their ire, but the thing that finally pushed her away from them was when she overheard them talking about her. She would often hear them muttering about things when they thought she was out of earshot. Through these secret conversations, she discovered how they really felt about her and, more importantly, that they had not rescued her like they had said, but instead stole her away from her real family on the material plane. Distraught, Annie decided to run away from her aunts, packing away any random objects she could find and leaving their cottage. Eventually, she even found a way out of the Feywild and to the Matieral Plane, where her search for her real family has lead her to Icewind Dale.

Anenome's CS

@XxFellsingxX

@Marrakt I too have finished my CS. What do you think?

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Brutrumukk: Jub's my... err..
Jub: I'm his carer.
Brutrumukk: That's right. He cares so I don't have to.

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Jub the Peculiar

"Ah you worry too much," Brutrumukk said dismissively.

Yeah, that was about the response Jub had expected. At least Brutrumukk was back to his old 'devil-may-care' self again, which, despite the annoyance it causes, it help Jub to feel more at ease despite their current situation. "How do you feel?" he asked the bugbear after he had consumed some of the alcohol, ready to spring into action should he could badly affected.

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On an 18 save, Brutrumukk doesn't pass out, but he is definitely drunk. How drunk is he? He's drunk on the level of the Pink Elephants scene from Disney's Dumbo (original animated movie).

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Oh shit, things gonna get trippy!

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Brut: You worry too much.
Jub: We're literally stealing from the woman who was planning on eating us for dinner. If anything, I'm too chill right now.

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Jub the Peculiar

"I reckon the 'ag wouldn't miss a barrel or two, eh?"

Jub frowned. "I don't know if we should be messing with anything that belongs to her, personally," he said. "For all we know, this could be some weird fairy booze that is toxic to mortals. Or turns us into frogs or..." He shrugged. "Whatever hags do to people."

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Jub the Peculiar

Jub considered Brutrumukk's words. He did have a point. "Fair enough," he said after a moment. "Though I would like to point out that we don't exactly know what's waiting for us outside either." He imagined hags lived in some pretty scary places, and given that they had no idea where their boat was, he wasn't entirely sure how they were going to get out of here.

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It's funny that way back when I first wrote Jub's CS I pointed out he was a bit of coward who would run the moment things got really tough. He hasn't really gotten the opportunity to show it, and I'm still trying to figure out whether that's character developement, whether being around Brutrumukk just makes him feel less afraid, or whether because they're stuck in the Feywild so there isn't really a 'safe' place to run and hide.

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Jub the Peculiar

"Huh?" Jub seemed genuinely surprised when Brutrumukk started attempting to make his way out of the house. "Wait, so we're just leaving now?" He didn't sound dissaproving, just confused. Normally he would be all for bailing and getting out of a bad situation, but this was very much not the behaviour he expected from Brutrumukk.